1 Corinthians 6
1 Dare any of
you, having a
matter against another, go to
law before the
unjust, and not before the
saints? 2 Do
ye not know that the
saints shall
judge the
world? and if the
world shall be
judged by you, are
ye unworthy to
judge the smallest
matters? 3 Know
ye not that we shall
judge angels? how much
more things that pertain to this
life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this
life, set them to judge who are least
esteemed in the
church. 5 I
speak to
your shame. Is it
so, that
there is
not a wise
man among you? no,
not one that shall be
able to
judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth to
law with brother, and that before the
unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a
fault among you, because ye
go to
law one
with another. Why do
ye not rather take
wrong?
why do
ye not rather suffer yourselves to be
defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do
wrong,
and defraud,
and that your
brethren. 9 Know
ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of
God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall
inherit the
kingdom of
God. 11 And such were some of
you: but ye are
washed,
but ye are
sanctified,
but ye are
justified in the
name of the
Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of
our God. 12 All
things are
lawful unto
me, but all
things are not expedient: all
things are
lawful for
me, but I will not be brought under the
power of any. 13 Meats for the
belly, and the
belly for
meats: but God shall
destroy both it and them. Now the
body is
not for
fornication, but for the
Lord; and the
Lord for the
body. 14 And God hath both raised
up the
Lord, and will also raise
up us by his
own power. 15 Know
ye not that your bodies are the
members of
Christ? shall
I then take the
members of
Christ, and
make them the
members of an
harlot? God
forbid.
16 What? know
ye not that he which is
joined to an
harlot is one body? for two, saith
he, shall
be one flesh. 17 But he that is
joined unto the
Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the
body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his
own body. 19 What? know
ye not that your body is the
temple of the
Holy Ghost which is
in you, which ye
have of God, and ye
are not your
own? 20 For ye are
bought with a
price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.